Talk:Submarine hull

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Folks, this is a worse article than the section at Submarine. Someone needs to move stuff from there to here. DJ Clayworth (talk) 14:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Missing topics

 * Early "open plan" submarines
 * Ballast tank relocations (see Saddle tank)
 * Pre-war cruiser submersibles, first V boats and bow design for seakeeping
 * X-1, Surcouf and gun-armed submersibles
 * M class giants and the problems of hangars or monitors
 * K boats and the problems of rapidly submerging a steam-powered boat
 * Minelayers
 * Development of conning towers, particularly the US Fleet submarines. Separation of conn and control rooms
 * Electric Boat vs Portsmouth building standards
 * Nodal circle / neutral axis differences in non-circular framing
 * Riveting vs welding
 * Leaky fuel tanks
 * Dual-purpose convertible ballast tanks
 * Diesel vs diesel-electric drive and layout changes
 * Squalus & Thetis: detail redesigns to improve survivability
 * WWII

Andy Dingley (talk) 10:27, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Submarine size: Type VII vs Fleet
 * Snorkels and prolonged running at periscope depth, rather than surfacing to recharge
 * Radar pickets and hull stretching
 * Guppy programs
 * Submarines rather than submersible operation; sails rather than conning towers
 * Albacore!
 * Nuclear propulsion
 * Hydroplane location: bow vs. sail
 * HY80 steel, Thresher
 * Soviet double hulls vs Western
 * Soviet Ti hulls
 * Sonar domes and the move to midships torpedo rooms
 * Regulus program and vast missile hangers
 * Whiskey ad hoc missile carriers, Hotels and external excrescences
 * Typhoon layout
 * Twin screw, single screw, propulsor
 * Silence: rafting, anechoic coatings, smoother waterflow
 * Spooks in boats, recycled cruise missile hangars, Halibut, US swimmer deliveries and Jimmy Carter
 * AIP and the resurgence of small non-nuclear boats

Weird wording suggest meaning other than was likely intended or true.
'...Inevitable minor deviations are resisted by the stiffener rings....' \ The above quote is one example of weird wording in this article. The rings are not resisting the deviations, though the sentence would certainly suggest that. How foolish those rings would be for resisting the inevitable anyway. 70.171.44.124 (talk) 08:50, 24 January 2014 (UTC) BGriffin